Report of the city of Somerville 1945, Part 17

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1945
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VISITS


SCARLET FEVER - Each case must be inspected before release from quarantine to see that condition of the patient is suitable for release


267


DIPHTHERIA - Before patients are released from quar- antine two successive negative cultures must be obtained


21


CONTAGIOUS HOSPITAL


365


Total number of visits


653


CONTAGIOUS DISEASE HOSPITAL


Disease


In Hospital Jan. 1, 1945


Admitted


Discharged Well or Improved


Dead


In Hospital Jan. 1, 1946


Diphtheria


5


18


21


0


2


Scarlet Fever


3


152


147


0


8


Miscellaneous


0


12


10


2


0


Daily average 10:58


562 4/7 weeks treatment


LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS DIPHTHERIA


Negative Positive


Total


January


95


54


149


February


31


14


45


March


27


6


33


April


17


7


24


May


11


2


13


June


38


15


53


July


18


8


26


August


13


4


17


September


20


9


29


October


18


18


36


November


31


19


50


December


5


8


13


Totals


324


164


488


256


ANNUAL REPORTS


TUBERCULOSIS


Negative Positive


Total


January


2


0


2


February


2


0


2


March


6


1


7


April


7


0


7


May


8


1


9


June


4


0


4


July


1


0


1


August


6


0


6


September


4


0


4


October


5


2


7


November


5


0


5


December


6


0


6


Totals


56


4


60


Miscellaneous examinations


68


Total examinations


616


TUBERCULOSIS


During 1945 there were ten deaths from tuberculosis, all from pulmonary tuberculosis and none from other forms.


All patients ill with the disease coming to the attention of the board have either been supervised at their homes by the public health nurses, or have been placed in sanatoria when such treatment was needed.


DIPHTHERIA IMMUNIZATION


The department has continued the immunization of pre- school and school children up to the Junior High grade. The three doses of diphtheria toxoid was used.


Pamphlets in schools and advertisements in the local paper advising them of the clinics and where they could obtain the immunization were presented to the parents.


There were 657 children completed the three inoculations.


The immunizations were accomplished without any ill ef- fects as regards to abscesses or reaction.


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EOARD OF HEALTH


The private physicians have also immunized many of the babies, an exact record of which is not submitted to us.


On September 22, 1945 diphtheria clinics for the immuni- zation of children from six months to ten years of age were opened in the Knights of Columbus Building, Highland Ave- nue, Somerville, to be held the fourth Saturday morning of each month. These clinics are to continue once a month in- definitely. There was an attendance of 547 children with 112 completing the three inoculations.


Respectfully submitted,


WILFRED C. MACDONALD M.D. Medical Inspector


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ANNUAL REPORTS


REPORT OF THE INSPECTORS OF ANIMALS AND PROVISIONS


Somerville, Mass., January 2, 1946.


To the Board of Health, Somerville, Mass.


Gentlemen :


I submit the following as my report for the year ending December 31, 1945.


The word establishment may be construed as including all places coming within the board's jurisdiction.


Number of establishments visited


4211


Complaints investigated


1290


Venereal disease delinquents visited


30


Notices sent


156


All complaints were satisfactorily adjusted.


CONDEMNATIONS


Poultry


750 1bs.


Apples


50 lbs.


Bacon


5 lbs.


Pears


15 lbs.


Smelts


5 lbs.


Oranges


1/2 doz.


Eggs


1 doz.


Crackers


80 1bs.


Potatoes


15 lbs.


Rolls


2 doz.


Frankforts


35 1bs.


Peanuts


48 pkgs.


Tomatoes


4 lbs.


Candy


1200 lbs.


Candy Bars


1362


Respectfully submitted,


HENRY T. MURRAY, Chief Inspector


259


BOARD OF HEALTH


REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND VETERINARIAN


Somerville, Mass., January 2, 1946.


To the Board of Health, Somerville, Mass.


Gentlemen :


The following is my report for the year ending December 31, 1945.


There were a total of 545 calls made in connection with dog bites during the year by me.


The inspection of the City Home farm animals was done by me as in the past few years.


Respectfully submitted,


EINER W. JOHANSEN D.V.M.


Inspector of Animals and Veterinarian


260


ANNUAL REPORTS


REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DENTAL HYGIENE


Somerville, Mass., January 2, 1946.


To the Board of Health, Somerville, Mass.


Gentlemen :


I herewith submit the report of the Department of Dental Hygiene for the year 1945 with the following statistics.


Respectfully submitted,


ANTHONY F. BIANCHI, D.M.D., Supervising School Dentist


-SCHOOL CHILDREN-


CLINIC CASES HOSPITAL -WELFARE CASES-


------- SOLDIERS' RELIEF CASES-


January


663


164


74


0


901


673


254


. 175


1254


128


163


0


0


0


12


30


12


0


5


7


0


0


0


0


0


0


February


430


110


69


0


609


381


198


137


844


113


103


0


0


0


9


20


9


0


4


5


0


0


0


0


0


0


March


649


166


95


0


910


494


318


239


1163


129


201


2


2


4


20


43


20


0


17


3


0


0


0


0


0


0


April


613


174


67


0


854


522


319


169


1191


110


174


2


2


6


12


22


12


0


5


7


0


0


0


0


0


0


May


574


131


86


0


824


471


274


205


1097


132


139


5


5


18


10


16


10


0


5


5


0


0


0


0


0


0


June


327


56


61


0


434


260


169


154


501


114


89


1


1


2


9


12


9


0


7


2


0


0


0


0


0


0


July


SCHOOL CLINICS CLOSED


August


SCHOOL CLINICS CLOSED


September


SCHOOL CLINICS CLOSED


October


11,040


SCHOOL CLINICS CLOSED


November


418


132


49


0


589


390


220


177


842


103


118


1


1


1


5


9


5


0


3


2


0


0


0


0


0


0


December


493


279


63


0


833


436


448


178


1125


61


308


2


2


4


2


3


2


0


2


1


0


0


0


0


0


0


Total


4167


1212


564


0


5954


3627


2200


1434


8017


890


1295


13


13


35


79


155


79


0


48


32


0


0


0


0


0


0


Surgery :- None


Number Examined


Old


New


Cascs


Cases


Total Number


of Patients


Number of


Number of


Extractions


Number of


Cleanings


Number of


tificates Granted Number of Cer-


Number Given


Novocain


Number


Given Gas


Number of


Patients Number of


Extractions


Number of


Extractions Number of


Patients of Number


Hospital


Number


Ethyl Chloride Novocain or


Given Gas


Number of


Number of


at Clinic


at Hospital


Novocain or


Ethyl Chloride


Number


Given Gas


Patients


Patients


Emergency


Special


Fillings


Number


Patients


Extractions


Number Patients


Number Patients


Number


Patients


Clinic


Number at


of


Treatments


261


BOARD OF HEALTH


REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MILK AND VINEGAR


CHEMICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORY


CITY HALL, SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS


January 2, 1946.


To the Board of Health, Somerville, Mass.


Gentlemen :


Four hundred and fifty-seven stores are licensed to sell milk, sixty-three dealers are licensed to distribute milk and ninety-four stores registered to sell oleomargarine. Five pas- teurizing plants located in Somerville are licensed to operate while forty-two plants in cities and towns outside Somerville, are under the supervision of this department. An average of 40,000 quarts of milk and 1,000 quarts of cream are distributed daily in Somerville. Two hundred seventy-six stores are licens- ed to sell and nineteen dealers are licensed to manufacture frozen desserts.


The following tables 1, 2 and 3 are a summary of the work of the department for the year :


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ANNUAL REPORTS


TABLE 1


Receipts


Month


License Applications


License


Fees


Cash for


Analyses


Cash Paid


City Treasurer


Analyses on


Account


Total Income


for Department


January


9


$5.00


$0.00


$5.00


$182.50


$187.50


(a) February


32


347.50


7.50


355.00


93.50


448.50


(b) March


53


281.00


0.00


281.00


95.50


376.50


(c) April


34


192.00


3.00


195.00


89.00


284.00


May


525


314.50


0.00


314.50


143.50


458.00


June


159


99.50


2.00


101.50


138.00


239.50


(c) July


43


42.00


0.00


42.00


144.50


186.50


August


10


7.00


.50


7.50


198.50


206.00


(d) September


11


26.00


0.00


26.00


171.50


197.50


(c) October


11


16.50


0.00


16.50


193.00


209.50


November


21


13.00


1.00


14.00


187.00


201.00


December


7


4.00


0.00


4.00


147.00


151.00


Totals


915


$1,348.00


$14.00


$1,362.00


$1,783.50


$3,145.50


(a) 1 Pasteurizing; 12 Mfr. Frozen Desserts included


(b) 7 Mfr. Frozen Desserts included


(c) 1 Pasteurizing included


(d) 2 Pasteurizing included


TABLE 2


Examinations


Month


Chemical Samples


Collected


Bacteria


Samples


Collected


Total


Collections


Sediment


Tests


Samples


Submitted


Microscopical


Examinations


Examinations


January


12


12


24


12


501


22


559


February


72


74


146


72


257


89


564


March


83


84


167


83


312


103


665


April


99


102


201


102


264


122


689


May


70


72


142


70


337


84


633


June


86


88


174


86


339


101


700


July


143


143


286


94


649


114


1143


August


80


82


162


80


543


102


887


September


87


87


174


90


395


130


789


October


82


79


161


79


446


99


785


November


52


55


107


52


415


75


649


December


47


47


94


47


338


67


546


Totals


913


925


1838


867


4796


1108


8609


Total


263


BOARD OF HEALTH


TABLE 3


Inspections


Month


Dairy, R. R.


Milk Stations


Creameries


Milk and Ice


Cream Plants


Restaurants


and Stores


Inspections


January


February


44


12


59


March


1


26


10


37


April


5


68


22


95


May


3


52


10


65


June


8


62


125


195


July


4


46


27


77


August


31


61


15


107


September


4


48


26


78


October


5


27


15


47


November


6


40


25


71


December


4


29


19


52


Totals


76


529


327


932


The obsolete analytical balance, now in use, must be re- placed as soon as money is available for purchase of new equip- ment.


Respectfully submitted,


WILLIAM H. WALLIS Inspector of Milk and Vinegar


This report, a summary of the work performed in the sev- eral sub-divisions of the Board of Health, is respectfully sub- mitted by


JOSEPH H. McSWEENEY, M.D., Chairman ANTHONY F. COTA WALTER W. WHITTAKER


Total


49


26


21


264


ANNUAL REPORTS


REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES


Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen, City of Somerville, Mass.


Gentlemen :


In the name of the Board of Trustees of the Somerville Pub- lic Library, I wish to present to you a record of the librarian's report and the library's activities during the past year. It is a report of loyal, faithful service in the cause of Somerville's commonweal, a record of unselfish devotion to duty, a record unsurpassed by any library staff in Massachusetts, a record that we are proud to present to you.


Therefore, it is with deep disappointment we find that this loyal devoted service to Somerville's men, women and children is unacknowledged and even unrecognized. The staff of the Somerville Public Library is one of the finest and most efficient in the State. It is at the same time, the most under- paid in the State. We, of the Board of Trustees, felt that this injustice should be remedied. We felt that since the "laborer is worthy of his hire", the Somerville Public Library laborers were worthy of a better salary, a salary at least approaching that of a living wage, a salary at least approaching that of other library staffs in cities of the same size. Thus with the unanimous vote of the Board of Trustees, we recommended a budget with these increased salaries. To our disappointment, I say again, the increases were completely rejected. And not only that but the appropriation for books was cut in a drastic measure, so that, at a time when books will be more plentiful than ever and good up-to-date reading will be most necessary for our citizens and especially for our school children, it will be impossible for the library to have these books because of the cut in the appropriation.


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Gentlemen, it is perhaps misunderstanding on your part of the importance of a library and an intelligent library staff in the community. The library can be a very well-spring of mental, moral and even physical upbuilding. The library staff can be and should be keen, bright, intelligent girls, the source of invaluable information on every possible subject. This has been true, I have found from personal experience, with the staff of the Somerville Public Library. But due to dissatisfaction and lack of a living wage, these splendid girls are leaving us to join the staff of other libraries in smaller cities which pay better salaries. We feel that this is an emer- gency; and we ask you honorable gentlemen if you will please take this matter under further consideration; that we may make and keep the Somerville Public Library what it should be, the finest and grandest in all the land .


Yours very sincerely,


REV. ANTHONY J. FLAHERTY


President


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ANNUAL REPORTS


PUBLIC LIBRARY


BOARD OF TRUSTEES


Term Expires


Rev. Anthony J. Flaherty, President


January 1, 1948


Mr. Louis B. Connelly, Vice-President


"


1948


Mr. William J. Donovan


1948


Mr. George K. Coyne


=


1947


Mr. John J. Griffin


1947


Mrs. Josephine J. Hurley


"


1947


Rev. J. Franklin Burkhart


1946


Dr. Thomas E. Leonard


1946


Mr. William H. McKenna


,


1946


COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION


Mr. Louis B. Connelly, Chairman


Mr. William J. Donovan Mrs. Josephine J. Hurley


Dr. Thomas E. Leonard The President, ex-officio


COMMITTEE ON BOOKS AND CATALOGING


Mr. William H. McKenna, Chairman Rev. J. Franklin Burkhart Mr. George K. Coyne


Mr. John J. Griffin The President, ex-officio


COMMITTEE ON BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY


The President and the Vice-President


-


SECRETARY OF THE BOARD Mr. John D. Kelley


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PUBLIC LIBRARY.


ORGANIZATION OF LIBRARY AND STAFF PERSONNEL December 31, 1945


CENTRAL LIBRARY-Highland Avenue and Walnut Street WEST SOMERVILLE BRANCH-40 College Avenue EAST SOMERVILLE BRANCH-Broadway and Illinois Avenue UNION SQUARE BRANCH-50 Bow Street WINTER HILL STATION-Bingham School, Lowell Street TEN HILLS STATION-10 Temple Street TEELE SQUARE STATION-1164 Broadway JOHN D. KELLEY, Librarian


PROFESSIONAL GRADED SERVICE


VIVIAN J. MORSE, Executive Assistant IRENE F. WARD, Administrative Assistant CORA B. EAMES, Reference Librarian and Second Assistant


ANNA E. CULLEN, Chief Cataloger MARY B. BARTLETT, Supervisor of Schools, Deposits, and Children's Work MYRTLE NICHOLSON, Central Desk Chief


Branch Librarians


ELSIE K. WELLS, West Somerville Branch KATHRYN KENNY, East Somerville Branch BARBARA NILES, Union Square Branch


Station Executives


CATHERINE COTTER, Winter Hill Station EMMA MERLINI, Ten Hills Station MARY M. NOONAN, Teele Square Station


First Assistants


RUTH HOLMES, Reference Department JOHN T. MACKEY, Reference Department MARGARET B. SCANLAN, Reference Department ELIZABETH W. HENNIGAN, Catalog Department MARY E. CULLINANE, Circulation Department M. PHYLLIS BRINE, West Somerville Branch RUTH D. WARNER, East Somerville Branch Union Square Branch


Children's Librarians


RITA D. ADAMS, Central Library West Somerville Branch East Somerville Branch Union Square Branch


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ANNUAL REPORTS


Senior Assistants


KATHERINE J. WHITE, Periodical Department


ANN F. DENNIS, Catalog Department KATHERINE AUSTIN, On Leave


LILLIAN G. CASEY, Junior Library, West Somerville Branch ELIZABETH L. CLIFFORD, Junior Library, East Somerville Branch MARY F. WARREN, Junior Library, Union Square Branch


Junior Assistants


IRENE M. WESTHOFF, Union Square Branch LOIS W. CRAWFORD, Office MARY A. HENEGHAN, West Somerville Branch


UNGRADED SERVICE


Non-Professional


MARY R. PHELAN, Central Circulation Department


Part Time Attendants


RITA F. BRUNET


FRANCIS A. CRUISE


MARY E. DOHERTY


HELEN O'BRIEN


MARY F. DONAHOE


HELEN M. O'NEIL


GLORIA F. GRAHAM


MARY T. RONAYNE


ELSIE J. M. GROVER


CORNELIUS F. HART


ETHEL M. SMITH


MARY E. HARTNOLL


PHYLLIS M. TWOMBLY


HELEN M. WALSH


MARILYN F. LEGERE


DOROTHY T. LIBERATORE


LOIS E. MacDONALD


THERESA F. McGONAGLE


MARY C. McQUADE


FAITH A. SMALL


AGNES J. KELLEY


BEATRICE H. WILLIAMSON


NANCY E. WRIGHT


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REPORT OF LIBRARIAN


To the Board of Trustees :


The year 1945 will long live in our memory because of two facts: 1) The historical significance of events-President Roosevelt's death, April 14th ; V-E Day, May 8th ; Japan's sur- sender, August 14th; V-J Days, August 15th and 16th. 2) The problems arising from one of the most vexing years in the administration of our library organization. Continuing res- ignations without the possibility of replacements have placed us in a position of attempting to offer our services to the pub- lic under most trying conditions. A large staff of part time workers has made it possible to serve our patrons in some de- gree but the immense amount of work, reverted to our regular staff, has practically reached the saturation point. We can not continue under present conditions without a complete break- down of staff morale unless of course these overburdened mem- lers receive the financial reward commensurate with the re- sponsibilities placed upon them.


At the June meeting of the Board of Trustees, the Librar- ian was instructed to submit a revised Scheme of Service and Salary Scale. With the assistance of the staff the revision of the Scheme of Service, to be known as the Personnel Plan, is now being made. Also with the assistance of the staff, the Salary Scale was revised, submitted to the Board of Trustees in October and adopted by them. It was then sent to His Honor, the Mayor, for his approval which, to date, has not been forthcoming. However, the Board of Trustees feeling so strongly concerning the low wage standards has included the revised schedule as part of the budget for 1946. We are hoping for favorable reaction on the part of the Mayor-es- pecially when we realize that the library department is the lowest paid department of the city government.


With the ending of World War II our circulation during the last six months has made a definite reverse from the down- ward trend of previous years, and the most interesting fea- ture is that the proportion of gain is practically the same in the adult as the juvenile department. In this same period we have had a marked increase in registered borrowers. These


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ANNUAL REPORTS


facts point definitely to larger increases in circulation with greater responsibilities for our meager staff during the com- ing year.


When one finds himself in this predicament, the temp- tation is great to employ anyone available with the fervant hope that, by quantity, one might make up for the lack of quality. Bearing this in mind our selection of applicants must bear severe scrutiny so that we will not make the fatal mistake of employing those who lack educational, temperamental, and adaptable qualifications to maintain our staff on the high level it has attained with the passing years.


The opening of the Teele Square Station in June was the answer to a long felt need to cover the Western extremity of the city. The immediate response is heartening and we are certain that as time goes on the choice of this location will prove of immense value to the community. Since the opening day on June 27th, 737 residents of this section have registered as borrowers, and 13,040 books have been lent.


An opportunity long hoped for was innovated in the early spring, establishing a closer contact between the Library and the School Department. Through the efforts of Dr. Leo C. Donahue, Assistant Superintendent of Schools, meetings with the Elementary and Junior High Masters, School Librarians, and Mrs. Bartlett, our Supervisor of School Work, have been regularly conducted with open discussions of ways and means to improve our services to the schools. The results have been most gratifying. There has been considerable accomplished, both in a better all-around understanding of requirements from the school and the library angles, and the school person- nel becoming more aware of the importance and value of the work and services offered by our library.


Our Reference Department has had an extremely busy year, for beside the ordinary routine work they have had the added burden of the Tello-Test Quiz Programs on the air both morning and night with an average of twenty-five to thirty phone calls to the Central Library, not counting the branches, for answers to the questions on each program. One morning our Central desk received fifty-seven calls as a result of this program. Though some may dispute the value of the time and effort required to handle this extra burden, I am firmly con-


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vinced that it has acquainted hundreds of people to a service of the library which they never realized was dispensed and in time has made them appreciate that our only function is not the mere routine process of charging and discharging books. An interesting sidelight on this program-Our postman checks with us each day for the answers to give to the people on his route who call to him from their windows as he passes on his way.


Though our problems in the past have appeared most severe we realize as we look in the future that there is much to be accomplished in the betterment of our services. There are, however, many physical handicaps over which we have no control such as the lighting and maintenance of our buildings. With the exception of the Union Square Branch we have all one would desire as to location and buildings, yet the dete- rioration which has set in over a period of years is appalling. Each and every building urgently needs complete renovation from roof to foundation and we firmly trust some effort will be made in this direction during the coming year. Recom- mendations by the Librarian sent to His Honor's Post War Planning Committee have set forth these needs, which includ- ed the possibility of relocating the Union Square Branch at a point more central to the needs and demands of this district. In its present location this Branch is too close to the Central Library, too far from the shopping area of Union Square, and structurally most unsatisfactory for library service requiring a staff much too large to offer the few services required in this locality. An added thoughit to our needs is the. estab- lishment of a Circulation Station, similar to Ten Hills and Teele Square, in the vicinity of Cedar and Summer Streets. As one surveys our registration maps it is evident that the Central Library in an easterly direction and the West Branch in a westerly direction are too far removed to encourage resi- dents of this area to patronize either location. An effort to alleviate this condition would be most graciously received and would correct a condition unfair to a large number of our tax- payers.


It is with deep regret that we report the death in Octo- ber of Miss Nellie M. Whipple, who retired in September 1940, after forty years of service, the last thirty years of which she served as Assistant Librarian. Miss Whipple's death has been keenly felt by her many friends in Somerville who knew her


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as a devoted, faithful, and conscientious worker over a period of so many years in the Somerville Public Library.


Resignations have been received during the year from the following staff members : Mildred A. Bowley, Chief Cataloger; Rita Finn Brassil, First Assistant at the West Branch; Mary B. Gravelle, First Assistant at the East Branch; and Cath- erine P. Killilea. Katherine P. Austin was granted a leave of absence from September 1945 to June 1946.


Under the Scheme of Service the following appointments and promotions were made : Rita D. Adams, appointed Chil- dren's Librarian ; Lois W. Crawford and Mary A. Heneghan, appointed Junior Assistants; Mary R. Phelan, appointed to the Non-Professional Grade; Anna E. Cullen, promoted to Chief Cataloger; Elizabeth W. Hennigan, Margaret B. Scan- lan, Ruth D. Warner, and John T. Mackey, promoted to First Assistants; Katherine R. Austin, promoted to Second Year Senior Assistant.


I know I need not elaborate by words of commendation or appreciation for the extraordinary work of our staff. They are working under most difficult conditions but are willingly accepting a situation which they realize is beyond our control. They do not seek words of praise, but financial recognition.


To the Board of Trustees I am indebted for their sym. pathetic understanding of our problems, their advice and coun- sel.


Respectfully submitted,


JOHN D. KELLEY, Librarian.


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AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION FORM FOR UNIFORM STATISTICS


City-Somerville County-Middlesex State-Massachusetts


Name of Library-The Public Library of the City of Somerville


Date of Founding-1872


Name of Librarian-John D. Kelley


Report for fiscal year ending-December 31, 1945


Governmental unit of support and service-City


Population served (1940 U. S. Census)-102,304


Terms of use-Free for lending, free for reference Agencies-Central Library


1


Branches-in library buildings in municipal building


2


Stations- in municipal building


1


in rented rooms


2


Others- in school rooms


272


in institutions


8


in clubs


9


Total


296


CIRCULATION AND USE


Number of volumes of adult non-fiction lent for home use


39,764


Number of volumes of adult fiction


lent for home use


132,711


Number of volumes for juveniles


lent for home use


241,439


Total number of volumes lent for home use


413,914


Period of loan for the majority of adult book stock-14 days


Number of inter-library loans-Volumes lent


23


Volumes borrowed


20


Number of reference questions answered-11,781


REGISTRATION


Adult


Juvenile 6,857


Total


Total number of registered borrowers


8,173


15,030


Borrowers registered during year


4,052


3,350


7,402


Registration period-2 years


BOOK STOCK


Number of volumes December 31, 1944 ....


87,677


Juvenile 34,898 6,024


Total 122,575 11,191


Total


92,844


40,922


133,766


Number of volumes withdrawn during year


4,000


4,241


8,241


Number of volumes December 31, 1945 ...


88,844


36,681


125,525


Number of newspapers currently received excluding duplicates


7


Number of periodicals currently received excluding duplicates


193


FINANCE


Assessed valuation of city-$116,941,600.00


Rate of library tax levy for fiscal year reported: 87/100 of a mill


Adult


Number of volumes added during year


5,167


1


274


ANNUAL REPORTS


RECEIPTS


Local Taxation:


Library Department


$79,143.70


Fines included in above $3,561.77


Dog licenses included in above 5,201.60




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